Children

“His peers started saying that he shouldn’t wear pink and that unicorns were for girls.”

A child born after loss is commonly referred to as a “rainbow baby,” but this term can sometimes be problematic.

Kim Guillois and her husband, Max, moved their family from Houston, Texas, to Wakefield, Massachusetts, three years ago to be closer to family and get more support for their children. “We just realized you know how difficult it was to be raising a child during COVID, working both of us full time without any kind of village,” Guillois told NBC10…

When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio face off at the vice presidential debate, child care is likely to come up, in light of comments Vance has made about grandparents chipping in. 

“Parents and teachers are pretty much out of the loop, so that young people are using AI platforms with virtually no guidance,” says Jim Steyer of Common Sense Media.

Ann Brackemyer, a kindergarten teacher in Illinois, is sharing an “unpopular opinion” about birthday cupcakes at school. 

Seven-year-old Brodie Byrne, of South Boston, is competing with other kids across the country for the title of best mullet. And he’s been waiting a long time for the chance.

Brody Byrne is Boston’s only representative at the USA Mullet Championships, where he’s raising funds to provide homes for wounded veterans through Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors. And Brodie’s been eyeing this showdown for a very long time.

Authorities are asking for help to find a missing 15-year-old who was last seen Tuesday evening in Monterey Park.

A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old boy survived two days of sometimes stormy weather before a truck driver spotted him crawling along a roadside.

Paris Hilton testified before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday to share her own experience at a youth residential treatment facility, urging lawmakers to reauthorize a federal fund for child welfare programs.

From Aphra to Zephyr, there’s an ancient baby name on this list you’ll love.

The U.S. Department of Labor wants a federal judge to prevent Hyundai and two other Alabama companies from what the government contends is the illegal employment of children.

Trent Mundy’s scowl has people howling with laughter.

A new study shows that as of 2022, 1 in 9 children had received ADHD diagnoses at some point in their lifetimes.

States have for decades been using foster children’s federal Social Security benefits to help cover the costs of state services. The practice has saved states millions of dollars. But that’s beginning to change in some states under pressure from child advocates who contend it is immoral and detrimental to kids. Since 2018, at least a dozen states have taken some...

The official list of America’s most popular baby names for 2023 has been revealed. The Social Security Administration annually tracks the names given to girls and boys in each state.